Iatrogenia em pediatria: repensar atitudes.
Iatrogeny is a pathologic condition caused in a patient in the different stages of a medical act. In the United States, it is the fourth cause of death but in Portugal, data are not yet available. Though different from medical error, it is still a taboo subject for health care providers. The authors...
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| author | Ema Leal Maria João Brito Catarina Gouveia Luís Varandas Gonçalo Cordeiro Ferreira |
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| description | Iatrogeny is a pathologic condition caused in a patient in the different stages of a medical act. In the United States, it is the fourth cause of death but in Portugal, data are not yet available. Though different from medical error, it is still a taboo subject for health care providers. The authors report a case of relational, diagnostic and therapeutic iatrogeny with serious consequences for the patient. Doctors have a fundamental role in reducing morbidity and mortality due to iatrogenic causes; they have the duty to question and reconsider diagnosis and treatments, keeping an alert attitude and self-criticism in order to identify potential iatrogenic interventions or to correct it as soon as possible. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8de5a37206b41149b811b85199a48972022-12-22T02:26:17ZengOrdem dos MédicosActa Médica Portuguesa0870-399X1646-07582011-04-0124210.20344/amp.1606Iatrogenia em pediatria: repensar atitudes.Ema Leal0Maria João BritoCatarina GouveiaLuís VarandasGonçalo Cordeiro FerreiraUnidade de Infecciologia, Área de Pediatria Médica, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Lisboa, Portugal.Iatrogeny is a pathologic condition caused in a patient in the different stages of a medical act. In the United States, it is the fourth cause of death but in Portugal, data are not yet available. Though different from medical error, it is still a taboo subject for health care providers. The authors report a case of relational, diagnostic and therapeutic iatrogeny with serious consequences for the patient. Doctors have a fundamental role in reducing morbidity and mortality due to iatrogenic causes; they have the duty to question and reconsider diagnosis and treatments, keeping an alert attitude and self-criticism in order to identify potential iatrogenic interventions or to correct it as soon as possible.https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/1606 |
| spellingShingle | Ema Leal Maria João Brito Catarina Gouveia Luís Varandas Gonçalo Cordeiro Ferreira Iatrogenia em pediatria: repensar atitudes. Acta Médica Portuguesa |
| title | Iatrogenia em pediatria: repensar atitudes. |
| title_full | Iatrogenia em pediatria: repensar atitudes. |
| title_fullStr | Iatrogenia em pediatria: repensar atitudes. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Iatrogenia em pediatria: repensar atitudes. |
| title_short | Iatrogenia em pediatria: repensar atitudes. |
| title_sort | iatrogenia em pediatria repensar atitudes |
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